Blathmac mac Máele Cobo

Blathmac mac Máele Cobo

Blathmac mac Máele Cobo (died 670) ["Annals of Ulster" AU 670.3; "Annals of Tigernach" AT 670.3] was a Dal Fiatach king of Ulaid. He was the son of Máel Cobo mac Fiachnai (died 647). [Byrne, Table 6; Charles-Edwards, appendix XXI; Mac Niocaill, pg.155] He ruled from 647 to 670.

The Dal Fiatach dominated the kingship of Ulster from 637 to 674. Family strife was a common theme among the dynasty at this time. His father was slain or killed by Blathmac's cousin Congal Cennfota mac Dúnchada (died 674) in 647. [AU 647.1; AT 648.1; Mac Niocaill, pg.100] The Irish annals mention Blathmac's death as king prior to Congal's with that title so it can be assumed that Blathmac acquired the title despite Congal's killing of his father.

In 668 the Battle of Fertas (near Belfast) was fought between the Ulaid (Dal Fiatach) and the Cruithne (or Dal nAraide) and Cathussach mac Luirgéne, their king, was defeated and slain. [AU 668.2; AT 666.6; Mac Niocaill, pg.101]

Blathmac had seven sons including Bécc Bairrche mac Blathmaic (died 718), a king of Ulaid.

Notes

ee also

*Kings of Ulster

References

* "Annals of Ulster" at [http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100001A/index.html] at [http://www.ucc.ie/ University College Cork]
* "Annals of Tigernach" at [http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G100002/index.html] at [http://www.ucc.ie/ University College Cork]
* Byrne, Francis John (2001), "Irish Kings and High-Kings", Dublin: Four Courts Press, ISBN 978-1-85182-196-9
* Charles-Edwards, T. M. (2000), "Early Christian Ireland", Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-36395-0
* Gearoid Mac Niocaill (1972), "Ireland before the Vikings", Dublin: Gill and Macmillan

External links

* [http://celt.ucc.ie/index.html CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts] at [http://www.ucc.ie/ University College Cork]


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